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🍋⚓ We’re serving up one of our tastiest episodes in a fun-sized, three-part mini series! Join Emily and Luis on an exciting ocean adventure—one mini voyage at a time—as they uncover the surprising power of food and nutrition.

In these bite-sized episodes, you'll discover how lemons once saved a ship’s crew, explore the science behind healthy eating, and meet special guest Kacie Barnes, a real-life nutritionist who helps kids grow strong and feel their best. Plus, find out why it’s totally OK to play with your food at the table. 🥦🎉

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to our Growing Up Talking game show. Please welcome
our guest today, Casey Barnes, an incredible nutritionist with hundreds
of thousands of followers in her platform. Mama knows Nutrition, Louise,
why don't you take the monc I know you have
lots of questions about food.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Guess I do, Emily, Okay, Casey, My first question is
what does a nutritionist do?

Speaker 3 (00:31):
So what's really cool about being a nutritionist is that
you get to help people help them feel good and happy.
And you also get to be a scientist too, because
you get to learn so much about food and discover
things that most people don't know and how food works
in the body. I help people be able to eat

(00:51):
healthy foods that make them strong and full of energy.

Speaker 4 (00:54):
I love being a helper in that way.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
And I just think how great it is to imagine
that you can choose foods that help you run faster
and jump higher and think better in school. It's so
amazing how much food helps us.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
I have another question. It's very very important. If food
is so amazing, why can't I play with it at
the table. It's just so much fun.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
If your parents say that you can't play with your food.
You just tell them that I said it was okay,
because it's going to help you learn and help you
like more foods.

Speaker 4 (01:28):
Wait, really, new.

Speaker 3 (01:30):
Foods can sometimes feel a bit scary or overwhelming or weird,
and playing with them is really the best way to
feel comfortable trying something new. So my kids they really
like to be animals when they're eating, like pretending to
be a rabbit nibbling a garden or a dinosaur chomping
on a leaf. If your parents say that you can't
play with your food, you just whoa is that?

Speaker 2 (01:52):
Oh? Nothing, just a recording so I can show this
as proof to my mom. So, Casey, what are some
other ways to make food fun for kids like me?

Speaker 4 (02:03):
Sometimes we play a would you rather?

Speaker 3 (02:05):
Game? And so that way my kids have some choice
in what they're eating, you know, would you rather an
apple or the green bean?

Speaker 4 (02:14):
And that just makes it.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
More fun when you can make it playful instead of
saying you need to eat.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
This, Oh that sounds super fun. Between mac poor cheese,
I choose mac and cheese.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Good one, Louise. Mac and cheese is such a yummy recipe, Casey.
My kids sometimes surprise me with their fun food combos.

Speaker 4 (02:38):
Do your kids do that too?

Speaker 3 (02:40):
The most surprising things is that my kids come up
with the most interesting and creative combinations that I would
never think of at all.

Speaker 4 (02:49):
The Other day, my daughter Amelia.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
Made me a sandwich, which was so sweet of her,
and she put both cheese and red peppers red bell
peppers on it, which I never would have thought to
put together.

Speaker 4 (03:01):
But she is so creative.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
That sounds yummy. You're giving me tons of ideas from
my mom's new dinner menu, Casey, Yes, a.

Speaker 3 (03:09):
Lot of times it's just about adding cheese. I think
cheese makes everything tastes better.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah, that actually makes me wonder how did your parents
help you get passionate about food and nutrition?

Speaker 3 (03:23):
So, when I was a little girl, we had a
garden in my backyard, and my mom grew up with
a garden in her backyard. I just love the memories
of being with my mom in the garden picking those red,
juicy tomatoes and cucumbers and fresh mint that smells incredible,
weaving group pumpkins. It was so fun to see how

(03:44):
big and bright and orange they would get. So I
just love those memories being with my mom and picking
vegetables in the garden.

Speaker 2 (03:53):
Wow, having a garden like that would be so awesome.
Maxie would totally love it too. I have an alien
tree with neon fruits and tentacles.

Speaker 1 (04:04):
Oh, those would be interesting fruits to try.

Speaker 3 (04:10):
The other day, my daughter wanted to pick up a
dragon fruit from the grocery store and we had to
look up how do you tell if a dragon fruit
is right?

Speaker 4 (04:17):
But I just love that we get to learn some
of those things together.

Speaker 2 (04:21):
Dragonfruit, I can cut it with my night sword. Yeah.
I want to be a food explorer, Emily. I can
travel to Mac and Cheese Planet or the Milky Shakeway.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
When I become an astronaut, I'll make sure I check
those out. Speaking of milkshakes, Casey, what do you think
of fast food?

Speaker 3 (04:41):
Fast food is very tasty. I love French fries myself,
but fast food is usually missing important things that our
bodies do need to feel their best, like fruits and vegetables.
So fast food is something I like to have just
once in a while. I don't like to look at
food it's as good or bad, because all foods have

(05:03):
good components in them because they're all providing energy to
our bodies.

Speaker 4 (05:07):
So there's all.

Speaker 3 (05:09):
Foods can fit in a healthy diet. It's about the
amount and how often we eat different types of things,
so we can have those foods. And like I said,
I love French fries, but I'm not going to be
very full and satisfied and energized if I just eat
French fries for my dinner. I want to have some
protein like chicken along with it, and some vegetables. I

(05:33):
love broccoli, So making a more balanced meal is going
to help our bodies feel really nourished and satisfied.

Speaker 2 (05:41):
My mind is blown here, Emily. I want to try
all the foods.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
Now, that's great, Louise, and it's an important thing to remember.

Speaker 4 (05:50):
All foods fit.

Speaker 1 (05:52):
Casey, let's dive a little deeper. How did you become
a nutritionist.

Speaker 3 (05:56):
I became a special type of nutritionists called a dietitian.
Dieticians help keep people healthy with the foods.

Speaker 4 (06:03):
That they eat.

Speaker 3 (06:04):
When I was about twenty years old, I had a
lot of belly aches and the doctor didn't know why,
and I decided to try changing the foods that I
was eating, and I found out that it helped so much.
I felt so much better, and that was the first
time that I really realized that food can change how

(06:24):
you feel. When you become a dietitian, you're able to
work in hospitals and help people who are sick as well.

Speaker 2 (06:32):
That's cool. You're like a food doctor.

Speaker 3 (06:34):
One story that comes to mind that is really cool
of how I help someone is that there's a little
one year old boy. He was getting sick a lot,
and his doctor realized that he wasn't growing like he
should be.

Speaker 4 (06:46):
We were able to add more foods into.

Speaker 3 (06:48):
His diet, foods like avocado, nuts, eggs, cheese, oil that
you cook with, and he started growing and gaining weight again.
And that just felt so rewarding to me.

Speaker 2 (07:00):
That's so nice.

Speaker 4 (07:01):
I get to be like a food superhero.

Speaker 1 (07:04):
That's super inspiring. Casey, thank you so much for the
super special interview. Thanks for jagging along on this episode
of Growing Up all about nutritionists, the food experts that
make sure we eat healthy and balanced meals. Remember, little listener,
dream big, and always stay curious. Luise, Are you ready

(07:26):
for more adventure?

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Speaker 1 (07:28):
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